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It’s Not TV: Behind HBO’s legendary sounds

Twenty Thousand Hertz

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The Sound of 20,000 Hertz

In the early 2000s, HBO was producing hit after hit. They had shows like The Sopranos and Sex in the City. In the age of streaming, would people even want to hear a bombastic 90-second HBO fanfare before they watched a movie? And in the digital era, does the sound of analog TV static even make sense?

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